New Delhi (NVI): A fourth batch of 53 Indian nationals, including 52 students and a teacher arrived in Jaisalmer today, taking the total number of people evacuated from the coronavirus-hit country to 389.
External Affairs Minister S Jaisahnkar tweeted as soon as the flight landed in Jaisalmer in the morning.
“Fourth batch of 53 Indians – 52 students and a teacher – has arrived from Tehran and Shiraz, #Iran. With this, a total of 389 Indians have returned to India from Iran. Thank the efforts of the team @India_in_Iran and Iranian authorities,” he tweeted.
Fourth batch of 53 Indians – 52 students and a teacher – has arrived from Tehran and Shiraz, #Iran.
With this, a total of 389 Indians have returned to India from Iran.
Thank the efforts of the team @India_in_Iran and Iranian authorities.— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) March 15, 2020
All the evacuated nationals who were airlifted from Tehran and Shiraz were moved to the Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
Yesterday, the third batch of 234 Indians stranded in coronavirus-hit Iran was brought back. They were also taken to the same quarantine facility of the Indian Army in Jaisalmer.
The second batch of 44 Indians was brought back from Iran via a special Air India flight on Friday.
The first batch of Indians from the virus-hit country was evacuated on Tuesday.
Iran is one of the worst coronavirus-hit countries outside of China, with the death toll of more than 700.
